Chris Udall

When the tsunami hit Samoa in September 2009, 5 schools were decimated which displaced and affected over 1,000 kids. Chris has a family friend from Samoa, and she suggested he adopt one of the schools to supply them with school supplies and books for a library. Chris worked with members of the Samoan and Tongan communities in the Valley, held a fundraiser, set up 7 drop locations in the U.S. through family and friends, and over a period of 2 months, collected over 1500 books plus over $6,000 in school supplies, bookcases and cash. He worked with members of his Scout Troop to build a crate to ship it to Samoa and will be traveling to Samoa in March to build bookcases for the library and deliver the items to the students at Vailoa Primary School. The 250 students moved into their new school in February 2010, and will have all new school supplies and a library of books in a few weeks! Chris has volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul and had Sunshine acres and has an infectious spirit of energy and desire to serve. He has made a TruDifference in the lives of people around the Valley and, most recently across the country, and into the South Pacific! Karen Udall

Signed,
Karen Udall

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